Fair clear-bottled, thin-bodied, white-headed Canadian pilsner brings faint smoked wood chip reminder to unassuming peppery hop frock, buttery Scotch-toasted malt schmaltz, and insufficient yellow-fruited quince-gourd spell. Incomplete.
(UNIBROUE) MAUDITE ALE
Enchanting honeyed orange-hazed Unibroue offshoot spreads white cobweb across glass. Flawless fruity herbal spicing complements creamy candied yeast sweetness, rum cake seduction, and clove tinge. Banana nut bread suggestion and wispy apricot-tangerine-grapefruit tartness beckon in musty stewed prune-imbued midst. Engrossing finish, redolent of a lighter Grand Marnier, broadens palette.
(UNIBROUE) L’EAU BENITE
Smooth, easy, yet ultimately strong golden ale blends simple ingredients exquisitely. Bright spiced fruits, sweet floral yeast, and wily honeyed wheat build to carbolic champagne-like effervescence. Differs only slightly from most stylishly similar Belgian ales due to its lack of dry white wine tingle. Try it with fish.
UNIBROUE LAGALLARDE ALE
Aromatic yeast sweetness affects tiny-bubbled foamy head and well-rounded flowery hop palate of wheat-fronted cork-bottled pale ale. Refreshing finish counters wheat wine insistence with rich barley tones.
UNIBROUE LA FIN DU MONDE ALE
Flamboyant triple fermentation creates cloudy yeast-thickened cluster for venerable Belgian-styled white ale. Orange-peeled clove-coriander spicing invigorates beguiling barleywine subtlety snuggling hazy floral-hopped fungi-molded perfumed yeast. Soft and billowy for light-hearted drinkers, but manly, yes.
(UNIBROUE) LA BOLDUC LAGER
Metallic straw-hued white-foamed pale lager stuck in cardboard-y quagmire eradicates dirge-y whiskey spell and meager clover-honeyed corn syrup finish as boredom ensues.
UNIBROUE 15
Deservedly celebrating fifteenth anniversary, pearly meringue-headed golden-hazed Belgian-styled strong pale ale works in stages. Initial banana-ripened butterscotch-toffee conflux brakes for dry lemony hop simmer, bringing green apple and curacao orange tartness along for the ride. Mint-tinged white pepper spicing then reinforces clove-coriander sweetness ’til creamy candi-sugared vanilla finish encapsulates airy citric indulgence.
(UNIBROUE) EPHEMERE ALE – CRANBERRY
Serene maize-hazed wheat ale with tart cranberry juicing finds bittersweet blueberry sanctuary to catapult lemony seltzer-like fizz and spiced apple-peach-tangerine tang. Soft melon essence informs easy flowing finish where slight acidity beckons.
(UNIBROUE) EPHEMERE ALE – CASSIS
Beautifully mellow pinkish white-headed golden dry body nicely constricts black currant bitterness succinctly soaked up by cranberry apple tartness, unripe peach serenity, and citric rosebud tinge. Honey wheat backdrop flawlessly underscores oncoming bittersweet blueberry finish further soured by ester-y champagne tingle.
(UNIBROUE) EPHEMERE ALE – APPLE
Paramount puffy cumulous-headed sunny yellow-orange citron delight. Tangy green apple-spiced fruit ale quickly imbibes garish coriander spurt. Then, tart quince essence envelops buttery caramel backend to silky soft-watered banana-clove finish, sweetening like red apple cider as it warms.
UNIBROUE EDITION 2004 ALE
Complex coppery annual ale counters lively fruited hop frontage with herbal white-peppered ginger-clove-eucalyptus respite and leathery grape tannin dryness. Swirled peach-orange-grapefruit-berry medley stimulates piney menthol freshness.
UNIBROUE 11 PALE ALE
Tawny turbidity and sunny hue mark effervescent Belgian-styled knockoff. Initial fruity ester tingle and soured lemon-orange tang supplant herbal rosebud-pepper spicing, redeeming yeast-enhanced banana-clove-coriander outline nicely.